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A Room 101 Daruma, Bernie Parent’s Birthday and an Aged La Gloria Cubana Cigar
I’m going to try out a different posting schedule starting this week. I’m cutting my regular posts back to Sundays only, which will be the usual recap of notable cigars I smoked that week. I’ll post here and there during the week as something comes up, an event, a notable cigar, or a news item, or not, however I feel. I’ve been putting a lot of pressure on myself to keep the Sunday/Wednesday schedule going, and I have to admit, posting from my dying father’s hospital room put things into perspective for me. It may result in more posts that are focused on one thing, or I may take a week off, we’ll see how it goes. I just want to avoid burning out, especially as the site continues to gain popularity. This plan should be better for everyone all the way around. Continue reading
Tatuaje Tattoo, Surrogates Bone Crusher and a Six-Zero Cigar
I don’t know if it’s the change of seasons or what, but I’ve been having some cigar troubles lately. I had some cigars that should have been great, but were underwhelming to me. This is frustrating, because I only have a limited amount of time each day to enjoy a cigar, so It annoys me when I get a dud. It could be that I’ve been munching on licorice for the last week or two, as my boys both gave me some nice black licorice for Father’s Day. Continue reading
A Cigar Shop Visit, a Cain, a Perla del Mar, a Rodrigo and a La Gloria Cubana
Sunday I decided to go hang out at one of my locals shops that I’ve been to a few times and had mixed feelings about, Light’n Up Premier Smokeshop in Ludwigs Corner, PA. This shop is about 5 miles from home and I pass it on my commute every day. In the past I’ve had less than competent service, and limited selection. This visit, along with my last, was better and I want to give another chance. I spent a few minutes browsing the humidor and found the selection to be adequate although sparse. There were numerous empty boxes on the shelves which I suppose is excusable in the off season, but not something I like seeing, especially when it’s something that interests me. I would have picked up a couple more of the Padilla Reserva Maduros if they had them, but they did not. I ended up picking up a Cain Daytona torpedo and smoking it in the shop while talking with Rudy, the gentleman working in the shop, and several of the patrons who came in for a smoke. I think there was a football game on the TV too. I also picked up a couple other cigars I wanted to try as well. The Cain Daytona Torpedo was an excellent smoke, I like all of the Cain cigars, but I think the smoothness of the Daytonas makes it my favorite. It doesn’t pack quite the punch that the rest of the line does. I spent about 2 hours at the shop and the worst thing I can say about this visit is that they close at 4 pm on Sundays, not that I would have hung out longer on this particular occasion, but it would be nice if they were open a little later. Continue reading
Filed under Accessories, Review, Stores
End of the Week Cigars: Villiger, a Special Fuente, a La Gloria Cubana and a San Lotano
Wednesday evening I was , once again, in experimental mode…OK, that’s a lie. The truth is that I have one coolerdor that has some small sampler boxes floating around in it and this particular one was down to two cigars, so I wanted to get things tidied up a little. Regardless of the truth, I picked out this Villiger 1888 robusto from said dwindling sampler. I recall enjoying the 1888 Fuerte quite a bit, so I was curious about the regular 1888. This was the robusto, and was a nice looking cigar with a milk chocolate colored wrapper. I enjoyed it quite a bit, it was medium bodied, well made and consistent in flavor through the smoke. Continue reading
Filed under Review, Stores, Take a Cigar For a Walk
A Para Japon, a La Gloria, a Gurkha, a Padilla and Some News
Sunday afternoon I was remembering a year ago walking into my room at Drew Estate Cigar Safari and seeing the news coverage of the terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan. I decided that the lone Para Japon I had in my humidor was the appropriate cigar to smoke. I think nearly year’s age has done this cigar well, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Thanks to Tony at CasasFumando.com for the opportunity to try these (and check out their contests currently under way to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the site. Keep up the good work, Tony and Danial!). The Para Japon was made by La Aurora with the proceeds benefiting the relief efforts in Japan. I remember seeing a few boxes of these at Cigar-ette City in Newark, DE the last time I was there, so there may be some still in the marketplace. Continue reading
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